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November 29, 2021

Opposition Leader Xiomara Castro Claims Victory After Record Turnout in Honduras Election
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In Honduras, leftist presidential candidate Xiomara Castro has claimed
victory as preliminary results showed her leading the runner-up by
nearly 20%, with 40% of ballots counted. The historic election saw a
record voter turnout. Thousands of Castro's supporters took to the
streets of Tegucigalpa to celebrate what could be the end of the 12-year
brutal regime under the conservative National Party, which rose to power
after a U.S.-backed coup in 2009 overthrew democratically-elected
leftist President Manuel Zelaya. Xiomara Castro is Zelaya's wife. If her
victory is confirmed, Castro would become the first woman ever elected
as president of Honduras.

Xiomara Castro: "We are going to build a new era. Out with the death
squads. Out with corruption. Out with drug trafficking and organised
crime. No more poverty and misery. To victory. The people will always be
united. Together we are going to transform this country."



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